We are "tasters of sensation"

Right now, seeing the snow fly outdoors, I dream of tasting a fine red wine at a sunset on a warm Bermuda beach with good company ... yes, Seth is right!

“… the fact is, you are physical creatures because you do like to live on earth, you do like the conditions, you do enjoy overall the particular kind of challenge and the particular kind of perception, knowledge and understanding that the earthly environment provides.

“… all creatures, regardless of their degree, can and do choose, within their spheres of reality, those sensations that they will experience – but to one extent or another, all sensations are felt.  We will later discuss the part of the mind and its interpretation, for example, of painful stimuli, but I want to make the point that those attracted to physical life are first and foremost tasters of sensation.  Outside of that, basically, there are all kinds of mental distinctions made [among] stimuli.  The body is made to react.  It is made to feel life and vitality by reacting to an environment that is not itself, by encountering what you might call natural stress.  The body maintains its equilibrium by reacting against gravity, by coming in contact with other bodies, by changing its own sensations, by glorifying in the balance between balance and off-balance.”

(Dreams, “Evolution” and Value Fulfillment, Session 894)